Carpet-beater.



E. L. DENNIS.

CARPET BEATBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1913.

1,078,839. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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GARPET-IBEATER.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Emma L. Dnnnrs a citizen of the'United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and- State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Carpet-Beaters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpet heaters and more particularly to thattype of carpet beater having the handle offset from the V beater wing;and has for its object an improved construction of such handle and wingembodying novel features in the forming of the handle and beater wingwhereby a more efiicicnt, durable and easily manufactured heater isresultant. To accomplish these results I join in a twisted shank, theends of the strands of wire which form the beater wing, and bend thisshank to form a handle support offset from the plane of the shank andheater wing.

A further feature is to lead a fewer nurnber of the strands of wire thanthat numher which constitutes the whole of the handle support, throughthe forward end of the handle, and to join same with the twisted shankto form a support for said for ward end of the handle; and further, toterminate the remaining ends of the strands within the body of thehandle in such a manner that said ends are engaged, spaced from eachother, in the handle body to hold the handle from turning.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved carpet beater. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through thehandle of the heater.

The heater wing 1 may be of any desirable design in which strands ofwire are employed to be interwoven to form same. The ends of thesestrands of wire are converged and twisted or interwoven as at 2 forminga shank, which, it will be seen, lies in the same plane as that of thebeater wing. The twisted shank 2 is bent forming an end 8 and again bentback at t parallel with the shank 2 forming a support offset from saidshank, upon which a handle 5 is mounted. The handle has an opening 6 atits rear end of a size sufiicient to allow the twisted strands to enter,the opening eX- te nding to a point within the handle sufficient tofirmly seat the same therein, and continuing through the handle of asize Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 18, 1913,,

Application filed March 18, 1913. Serial No. 755,160.

su'fiicient for one or two strands to pass through, having in thedrawings illustrated but one strand. This one strand 7 is bent at thepoint it leaves the front end of the handle and has its end 8 woundabout the shank 2, thus forming a support for the the body portion ofthe handle, thus fixedly securing the strands therewith.

With this construction a very desirable form of offset handle isobtained, and by forming the strands that are employed in the beaterwing into one twisted shank which is bent upon itself to form the offsetsupport, a very rigid construction is re sultant. Various numbers ofstrands may be employed in such a manufactured article, and ifnecessary, where light Wire is used, more than one strand of wire may beeniployed to pass entirely through the handle to form the front support.

I claim as my invention.

1. A carpet beater comprising a beater wing formed of wire, ends of thewire being twisted to form a shank, the shank bent upon itself to forman offset support which is parallelly opposite the shank portion, a

handle mounted upon said offset, and one of the ends of said wireextending through the handle and being fastened to the shank body, and aremaining end terminating within the handle body and being fixedlysecured therewith.

2-. A carpet beater comprising a heater wing formed of intertwistedwires, the ends of the wires being twisted to form a shank lying in thesame plane with said beater wing, the shank being bent upon itself toform an offset handle-support, a handle mounted upon the handle-support,and one of the wires extending through the handle being bent toward theshank and fastened fixedly thereto, the remaining wire ends terminatingwithin the handle body and being fixedly secured therewith.

3. A carpet beater comprising a heater wing formed of intertwistedwires, ends of the Wires being joined and twisted into a shank portion,the shank portion being bent upon itself and forming an oiisethandlesupport parallel with the shank portion, a handle having alongitudinal opening extending from its rear end to a point within thehandle body, said twisted handle-support located in said opening withcertain of its wire ends extending beyond said terminating point of theopening and being fixedly engaged in the handle body, and

means connecting the forward end of the handle and the twisted shankportion to hold said forward end in a fixed relation therewith.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ELMER L. DENNIS. Witnesses: E. D. E. N. BEHEL,

JOHN F. MOOANN, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Paten'cs,

Washington, D. C.

